So it was left to a start-up company, Carson Valley Recycling, to fill that need. Right now it’s just a husband and wife team, with one truck, serving the whole valley (or at least Douglas Disposal’s entire service area). Which is fine, because they only have 50 customers. But as their client base grows they’ll probably get stretched thin, and hopefully will be able to get more employees and more equipment. This is a service that I’d like to see succeed, and at $10 per month I’ll probably be signing up soon. Right now you have to take all your recyclables to a drop-off point yourself. The main one is at the old landfill out Pinenut road, and there are also drop-offs at many of the area schools. But usually doing that is such a pain that I don’t recycle glass and plastic, just paper and cardboard. Signing up for this service will definitely help out, and I urge all of you to sign up too. Both because recycling is the way to go, and also because we want to support this new company and make sure they don’t have to shut down.